Platypterocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mwangoka, M. |author2=Ndangalasi, H. |author3=Kindeketa, W. |author4=Luke, W.R.Q. |author5=Kabuye, C. |author6=Kalema, J. |author7=Minani, V. |author8=Kelbessa, E. |author9=Gereau, R.E. |author10=Malombe, I. |year=2022 |title=Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis |volume=2022 |page=e.T32875A2826082 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32875A2826082.en |access-date=26 November 2023}}

|genus = Platypterocarpus

|parent_authority = Dunkley & Brenan (1948)

|species = tanganyikensis

|authority = Dunkley & Brenan (1948)

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Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic endemic to the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, where it grows 13 to 27 meters tall. It is the sole species in genus Platypterocarpus.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162364-1 Platypterocarpus tanganyikensis Dunkley & Brenan]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

It grows in the transition zone between wet and dry Afromontane forest from 1500 to 1900 meters elevation, where it is fairly common in Podocarpus–Juniperus–Ocotea forest on grey sandy soil.